Ebook: Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules

Corporate and commercial software-development teams all want solutions for one important problem--how to get their high-pressure development schedules under control. In RAPID DEVELOPMENT, author Steve McConnell addresses that concern head-on with overall strategies, specific best practices, and valuable tips that help shrink and control development schedules and keep projects moving. Inside, you'll find:A rapid-development strategy that can be applied to any project and the best practices to make that strategy workCandid discussions of great and not-so-great rapid-development practices--estimati.;Cover; Reviews; Copyright page; Contents; Case Studies; Reference Tables; Preface; Who Should Read This Book?; Technical Leads; Individual Programmers; Managers; Key Benefits of This Book; Why This Book Was Written; Acknowledgments; Part I: Efficient Development; Chapter 1: Welcome to Rapid Development; 1.1 What Is Rapid Development?; 1.2 Attaining Rapid Development; Chapter 2: Rapid-Development Strategy; 2.1 General Strategy for Rapid Development; 2.2 Four Dimensions of Development Speed; People; Process; Product; Technology; Synergy; 2.3 General Kinds of Fast Development.